Comic books November 1940

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Howard Sherman. "The Golden Curse Deaths," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; Detective Corrigan is given orders to hunt down and arrest the Spectre for doing such a good job rounding up the criminal element of the city and making the Police look bad... and he does arrest the "Spectre," only a false one! All-Star Comics ad. New York World's Fair Comics ad. "The Mystery Plane," script and art by Joe Donoho; Detective Sergeant Carey investigates sabotage at a plant building a new airplane. "The Madman of the Jungle," art by George Papp; Congo Bill helps an escaped convict prove his innocence. Untitled Captain Desmo story, art by Ed Winiarski. Listen to the Superman Radio Program ad. Untitled Radio Squad story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. Untitled Lieutenant Bob Neal of Sub. 662 story, script by Robert Hirsch, art by Rusty Lehman. Untitled Biff Bronson story, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman; Dr. Zabkin has a formula that can make men either bigger or smaller. Untitled Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol story, art by Jack Lehti; Black Hawk and 0'Malley chase a bandit through the hills. "Menace of the Nebula," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; A mysterious space globe threatens to rip Earth out of its orbit, so Dr. Fate journeys to the planet of the Globe Men to take out their menace forever. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 15, Issue 79 - November, 1940. New films in story form plus the usual movie magazine content. 8.5" x 11", 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Dick Briefer and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Dick Briefer, Walter Frame, Munson Paddock, Klaus Nordling, Norton Kingsley, Bob Powell, and George Tuska. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Giant diamonds fall to Earth and envelop the people who touch them, in a wacky Rex Dexter story by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle investigates after children are killed by faulty playground equipment; Green Mask battles a clock-themed killer on the face of a giant clock. Typically dynamic cover by Lou Fine features a rare instance of bondage not involving a female victim. Blue Beetle Defeats the Gang of Big Dix; Menace of the Diamond; Dax, the Clock Bomber; The Disappearing Yacht; Weapons Thieves; The Hold-Up League; The Joss; The Fifth Column; Killer Pirates; The Will of Zeke Belbey. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Lou Fine. The True Story of Uncle Sam--Who He Was and How He Came To Be, script by Will Eisner, art by Dan Zolnerowich. Untitled stories staring Sally O'Neil Policewoman (script by Toni Blum, art by Chuck Mazoujian), Kid Patrol (art by Charles Nicholas), Pen Miller (script and art by Klaus Nordling), Wonder Boy (script by Toni Blum, art by John Celardo), Quicksilver (art by Chuck Mazoujian), Paul Bunyan (art by John Celardo), Prop Powers, and Merlin (art by Dan Zolnerowich). Slugger Mike To Fight Champ starring Kid Dixon, art by George Tuska. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Shield (art by Irv Novick), the Comet, Perry Chase Press Guardian, Fu Chang International Detective, Sergeant Boyle, Lee Sampson the Midshipman, the Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds, Kayo Ward, and Bentley of Scotland Yard in "The Case of the Dancing Ghost." Novick cover. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 10 - November, 1940. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials. This issue features articles and pictorials on How to Dress to Please Men, Arrows of Stone, a Snake Cult, and the National Bicycle Champions. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 11 - November, 1940. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials. This issue features articles and pictorials on Fugitives from Sights Unseen featuring Children in schools for the Blind, "The Hellion vs the Brute" featuring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr, The General Denhardt Murder Case. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Picture Play Magazine, originally titled Picture-Play Weekly was an American weekly published magazine centered around the movie industry during the golden-age of Hollywood. It was one of the earliest published tabloid style magazines that focused on celebrity gossip, but also included behind-the-scenes content, and movie reviews. It was first published on April 10, 1915, and ultimately transitioned from a weekly to a monthly publication before the end of it's production run in late 1941 after merging with Charm Magazine. Cover price $0.25.

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Official USC football program. 8" x 10.5", 24 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Invasion From Uranus starring The Red Comet, art by Alex Blum. World Without Light starring Spurt Hammond, art by Henry Kiefer. Gale Allen story, art by Witmer Williams. Flint Baker story. What Are the Actual Possibilities of Space Travel? fact page, art by Gene Fawcette. An Elementary Course In Astronautics fact page. Moon Monster text story. Menace of the Shrinking People starring Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force. Stampede on the Star Trail starring Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol, art by Charles Sultan. "Crash" Parker story, art by Henry Kiefer. Death From the Deep starring Don Granval, art by Witmer Williams. Cosmo Corrigan story, art by George Tuska. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Winter 1940. Stories by Ray Cummings "Phantom of the Seven Stars", Eando (Otto) Binder "One Thousand Miles Below", Nelson S. Bond, John Russell Fearn -as (Thornton Ayre), Leigh Brackett, Nelson S. Bond -as (George Danzell), Ross Rocklynne, and D.L. James. Illustrations by Paul, Rosenthab, Ed Smalle, Lynch, Hannes Bok, and Eron. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Jim Chambers. Stories and art by Kenneth Kennedy, Bob Jenney, Jim Chambers, Gaylord Du Bois, Jim Miller, Bob Bugg, Hal Bittner, Erwin Hess, Allen L. Kirby, Charles Hedinger, Victor Boni, Robert Turner, Alan Blane, Tom Hickey, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. After witnessing a murder in a nearby skyscraper from his window, Tim Brant dons the invisibility suit of The Voice and goes to investigate. The Sky King and his companions are shot down over enemy territory and captured by Axis forces, in a tale that predates America's entry into WWII. The Hurricane Kids fight to save a herd of wild horses from a Stone Age tribe. The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Captain Tornado; Wally Williams, American Boy; The Sky Hawk; War Birds: Condemned to Die!; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; The Case of the Mysterious Pear; Dr. Hormone; He's My Pal; The Hurricane Kids; Name the Stars!; Pylon Pete; Shark Egan. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 199, No. 5202. November 27, 1940. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 36 pages. Black and white.

A magazine for the amateur wireless operators. Cover price $0.25.

Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 28, Issue 6 - November, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 5, Issue 8 - November, 1940. Cartoons, jokes and pictures of Hollywood stars. Essentially a glamour and pinup magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.